and yeah that's me, Waldo, always getting lost. Anyway my girls in hoodies project is in full swing.
I had been looking for a project to start that would be easy to do, not require a huge amount of setup time, and not have to worry about booking a model, and something that I may actually finish. So far the response has been rather easy, and I have more girls booked for it than I thought, which is rad, because hey, every girl has a hoodie right? Fun fact - a Hoody is all known as a "Bunny Hug" in Canada somewhere. Anyway check out the pics. I tell each girl to bring their own personal twist. They can be silly, sexy, naked underneath, wear 10 of em, wear a bear outfit, anything. I'm not sure how many girls i'm trying to get for it, but right now it's rather indefinite. So if any of your SG people are in the area and wanna participate feel free to drop me a line.
more pics under the spoiler
anyway, some of you maybe asking, whats up with future SG sets? The answer is kinda complicated, cuz as other SG photographer hopefuls know, it's about who you know and networking along with great pictures if you really want to make an impact. The bottom line though is that there isn't a whole lot of SG activity in the South Bay. Saint is taking a bit of a hiatus so who knows when she'll be ready to shoot sets again, if ever, I have one with Dice, that we're not going to submit til April because of the subject matter being more appropriate for that month, but if Serpent sells anytime soon, i'm sure it probably won't be bought in time to be relevant. I do have one planned with Indy_, (but it's been hard to sync up with her lately) and I'm hoping this one will be my crowning achievement as far as SG sets go for me. I look back at my sets, and while I don't hate any of them, I always feel like I could have done a lot better. A part of it is because I feel i'm a bit too reserved and shy when shooting. I'm always worried about coming off like a creepy perv and making the girls uncomfortable, so I kind of always feel I hold back what I want to get out of them because of that. I think thats where you girl photographers have a huge advantage. I know as a photographer I need to be able to tell people what I want do and know that they probably expect some direction out of me, and if they're posing nude on the internets they expect to get down and "dirty" a bit. So I really just need to get over that. I know theres this happy balance that works, but I'm down for any tips about how to just go for it and be less self conscious. Part of the reason why I chose the hoodie project in the way I did it, is to try and get me more used to directing girls. So yeah not only do I get practice with that, I get some rad pictures. Anyway this has been a lot more long-winded than I was expecting
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